`Blood On Hands`

December 04, 1989|By Karen M. Donahue.

OAK LAWN — Almost 10 years ago, Archbishop Oscar Romero urged President Jimmy Carter to end all military aid to El Salvador.

As usual, Washington had other ideas. Ten years and $4 billion later, 70,000 Salvadorans, including Romero, are dead (most killed by right-wing death squads which operate with impunity) and the suffering of this nation shows no signs of abating.

American taxpayers have the blood of El Salvador on their hands. When will we ever learn?